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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s ex-lover who he ordered to be executed is said to be alive and well.

The Korean singer, Hyon Song-Wol, said to be leader Kim Jong-Un’s ex-girlfriend and rumored to have been executed last year has appeared on state television.

Pyongyang’s state TV showed Hyon Song-Wol, the head of a band known as Moranbong, delivering a speech at a national art workers rally in Pyongyang.

She expressed gratitude for Kim’s leadership and pledged to work harder to “stoke up the flame for art and creative work”.

Kim Jong-un in April.Photo: Getty Images

Her appearance came after months of speculation about whether or not she was alive.

Japan’s Asahi Shimbun and South Korean media said in September that Hyon, members of the Unhasu Orchestra and other state musicians had been reportedly executed by firing squad for taping themselves having sex.

Kim’s ex-girlfriend was reportedly gunned down in front of her family by machine guns just three days after being arrested for breaching North Korean pornography laws last year, South Korea’s largest daily newspaper reported.

South Korea’s spy chief Nam Jae-Joon added weight to the reports when he said in October that he was “aware” of the alleged execution.

“We are aware of the execution of some 10 people associated with the Unhasu Orchestra”, two lawmakers quoted Nam as saying at a closed door parliamentary session, according to Yonhap news agency.

Kim Jong-un with his wife, Ri Sol Ju.Photo: Reuters

The Asahi said the rare execution of state performers had been ordered to prevent rumors spreading about the supposedly decadent lifestyle of North Korean first lady Ri Sol-Ju while she was an entertainer.

North Korea angrily denied the reports, calling them an “unpardonable” crime. The North’s state news agency KCNA said the reports were the work of “psychopaths” and “confrontation maniacs” in the South Korean government and media.

“This is an unpardonable, hideous provocation hurting the dignity of the supreme leadership,” a KCNA commentary said in September.

In an apparent attempt to prove the rumors untrue, North Korean radio in October aired a performance by the orchestra.

Dennis Rodman hangs out with Kim Jong-un at an exhibition basketball game in Pyongyang, North Korea in February, 2013.Photo: AP

The controversial star said reports that Kim executed his own uncle and ex-girlfriend were false — adding that he saw the ill-fated relative during a recent trip to the Stalinist state.

In an interview with DuJour magazine, the retired athlete known for his tattoos, piercings and flamboyant ways insisted the uncle was still alive, even though North Korean state media reported that Jang Song-Thaek was executed in December for “anti-state acts.”

Kim Jong-Un's 'executed' ex seen alive on TV

A still image from North Korea’s state-run KRT on Dec. 9, 2013, shows Jang Song-Thaek being forcibly removed from a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Monday.

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This handout shows before (left) and after (right) screen grabs from the documentary “The Great Comrade,” which was rebroadcast on North Korean state TV on Dec. 7. Song-Thaek was edited out of footage.

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“You could say anything here about North Korea and people would believe it,” Rodman said.

“The last time I went there, when they said they killed his girlfriend, they killed his uncle, they just fed him to the dogs … They were standing right behind me.”

The journalist conducting the interview then asked him to clarify, pointing out that the North Korean regime has made clear the uncle was executed — but Rodman repeated the claim. “He was standing right there,” Rodman said.